Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892
Between July of 1891 and May 1892, the Mexican Land and Colonization Company, a British enterprise with a concession over the major part of Baja California´s wastelands, laid 27 kilometers of rail of what was to be known as the Peninsular Railway with the expectation of opening up lands to cultivati...
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oai:ojs.localhost:article-1092023-01-04T17:54:41Z Ruined attempt at the peninsular railway in northern district of Baja California, 1888-1892 El malogrado proyecto del ferrocarril peninsular del Distrito Norte de la Baja California, 1887–1892 J. Heath, Hilarie railway Baja California. Social sciences and communications Transport Political Science International Relations Technology Engineering Railroad ferrocarril Baja California. Ciencias sociales Transporte y comunicaciones Ciencias políticas Relaciones internacionales Tecnología Ingeniería del ferrocarril Between July of 1891 and May 1892, the Mexican Land and Colonization Company, a British enterprise with a concession over the major part of Baja California´s wastelands, laid 27 kilometers of rail of what was to be known as the Peninsular Railway with the expectation of opening up lands to cultivation and settlement, and attracting investment. But the train´s starting point was San Quintin, a shallow bay ill–suited to becoming an important shipping port and, as far as the tracks had been built, led to nowhere. However, the objective of this paper is not to analyze the reasons for which the railway project did not come to a happy termination. Rather, it focuses on the controversies and conspiracies which surrounded its construction, arising from the struggle between the United States and Great Britain for predominance in Mexico´s far northwest. Entre julio de 1891 y mayo de 1892, la Mexican Land and Colonization Company, empresa británica que tenía en concesión la mayor parte del territorio baldío del norte de la península de Baja California, construyó 27 kilómetros de vía férrea con el objetivo de abrir terrenos a la colonización. Pero el tren, conocido como el Ferrocarril Peninsular, partía de San Quintín, una bahía de poco calado y prácticamente inservible como puerto naviero, y no llegó a ningún lado. Sin embargo, el objetivo de este trabajo no es analizar las razones por las cuales el proyecto ferroviario no llegó a su feliz término, sino que se enfoca en las controversias y conspiraciones que se dieron a raíz de la pugna entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña por la hegemonía en el noroeste de México. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2011-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Historical Research Investigación histórica application/pdf text/html https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/109 10.21670/ref.2011.24.a07 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 12 No. 24 (2011); 185-221 Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 12 Núm. 24 (2011); 185-221 2395-9134 0187-6961 spa https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/109/187 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/109/193 Derechos de autor 2014 Estudios Fronterizos, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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Between July of 1891 and May 1892, the Mexican Land and Colonization Company, a British enterprise with a concession over the major part of Baja California´s wastelands, laid 27 kilometers of rail of what was to be known as the Peninsular Railway with the expectation of opening up lands to cultivation and settlement, and attracting investment. But the train´s starting point was San Quintin, a shallow bay ill–suited to becoming an important shipping port and, as far as the tracks had been built, led to nowhere. However, the objective of this paper is not to analyze the reasons for which the railway project did not come to a happy termination. Rather, it focuses on the controversies and conspiracies which surrounded its construction, arising from the struggle between the United States and Great Britain for predominance in Mexico´s far northwest. |
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